Dutch coal mission takes important step towards remedy for Colombian victims
PRESS RELEASE Utrecht, 25 November 2014 Dutch coal mission takes important step towards remedy for Colombian victims The public appeal made today by five European power companies to coal mining company Drummond to engage in a process of remedy for victims of severe...
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Lonmin and the Marikana Massacre: summing up the evidence
As the Farlam Inquiry into the August 2012 Marikana Massacre hears final statements, commentators are analysing what went on and who is to blame. Here is a selection of recent coverage. South Africa: Advocates for striking miners massacred at Marikana in 2012 make...
Dirty Coal Tour
The world’s biggest mining company, BHP Billiton,held its AGM in London on Thursday 23 October. London Mining Network (LMN) worked with LMN member groups Coal Action Network, Coal Action Scotland, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Down to Earth, War on Want and WDM,...
LMN, BHP and UCL: the correspondence
Dirty Coal Tour speakers being prevented from reaching the UCL Provost’s office to hand in letters of concern about the relationship between the college and mining company BHP Billiton. Photo: Jo Syz. By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network During...
Endcoal website launched
The International Coal Network, in which LMN participates, has just launched End Coal, a new website for the global anti-coal movement that provides information and resources about the dangers of coal and the solutions to meeting global energy needs. Endcoal.org is a...
MPs back campaigners’ call for action on ‘unethical’ mining industry
28 October 2014 Campaigners have welcomed the outcome of an inquiry into the extractives sector conducted by the Parliamentary Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills, calling on the government to take action on the sector that campaigners have accused of being...
Brazilian civil society organisations condemn Porto Sul
BAMIN/ENRC’s “takeover” design plan for Porto Sul Pedra de Ferro – The Iron Stone: Chapter Five Porto Sul is a proposed new terminal on the Brazilian coast of Bahia and the preferred destination for iron ore coming from the Caetite mine. It...
LMN, BHP and UCL
Photo: Jo Syz There was a lively demo outside yesterday’s BHP Billiton AGM in London to support our friends from Colombia and Indonesia who attended the AGM to confront the company with the impacts of its operations in their countries. Photo: Jo Syz We...
BHP Billiton's Indomet Project: Digging deep into the Heart of Borneo
Joint briefing by WDM, LMN, WALHI, FoE Australia and DTE October 2014 For centuries, the indigenous Dayak peoples of Indonesian Borneo lived from the abundant forests and rivers that blanketed the region. Now, BHP Billiton is planning to build a series of massive coal...